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Sergey Vavilov

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Sergey Vavilov

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Also known as Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov, Vavilov, S.I., Vavilov, Sergei Ivanovich, Vavilov Sergei Ivanovich, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov

Soviet physicist

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Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov was a male person associated with Estonia. He was born on March 12, 1891, or March 24, 1891, and died on January 25, 1951.

His recorded works number five. The subject is referenced by 74 other encyclopedia articles.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Estonia
Active from
1969-07-15

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Key facts

Born
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov , ( 1891-03-24 ) 24 March 1891, Moscow , Russian Empire
Died
25 January 1951 (1951-01-25) (aged 59), Moscow, Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Alma mater
Moscow State University
Known for
Vavilov-Cherenkov effect
Fields
Physics , optics
Doctoral advisor
Pyotr Lebedev
Doctoral students
Pavel Cherenkov , Ilya Frank , Vladimir Veksler

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Sergey
Family name
Vavilov
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Moscow
Place of death
Moscow
Occupation
public figure
Languages spoken
Russian
Native language
Russian
Doctoral student
Valentin Fabrikant
Field of work
optics
Military rank
praporshchik
Image
Вавилов Сергей Иванович.jpg
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place of burial
Novodevichy Cemetery
Commons category
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov
date of birth
1891-03-24
date of death
1951-01-25
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Сергей Иванович Вавилов
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Encyclopedic overview

Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Вави́лов [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈvʲiləf]; 24 March [O.S. 12 March] 1891 – January 25, 1951) was a Soviet physicist, the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union from July 1945 until his death. His elder brother Nikolai Vavilov was a famous Russian geneticist.

Biography

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